National Data Buoy Center – valuable local resource and worldwide agency

Jul 08, 2024

Today we’ll begin hearing excerpts from my interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chief for the National Data Buoy Center. NDBC maintains a network of buoys in US coastal waters and in other places in the world, that transmit weather and climate data to satelites. We have NDBC buoys in our coastal waters including one right off the Columbia River Bar in the ocean called 46029. 

This week we’ll talk about that buoy system and why it is so valuable to mariners and scientists.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070824.pdf

Image: NDBC data buoy 46029, located off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy NOAA and NDBC.

National Data Buoy Center – valuable local resource and worldwide agency

National Data Buoy Center – valuable local resource and worldwide agency

Today we’ll begin hearing excerpts from my interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chief for the National Data Buoy Center. NDBC maintains a network of buoys in US coastal waters and in other places in the world, that transmit weather and climate data to satelites. We have NDBC buoys in our coastal waters including one right off the Columbia River Bar in the ocean called 46029. 

This week we’ll talk about that buoy system and why it is so valuable to mariners and scientists.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070824.pdf

Image: NDBC data buoy 46029, located off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy NOAA and NDBC.

A look at ship traffic, and – hot weather is about to arrive

Jul 03, 2024

Today we’ll take a look at ship traffic on the river, and at the predictions for our upcoming holiday weekend heat wave.

I’ll be taking the long holiday weekend to regroup a little from the exhausing but wonderful process of finally launching my boat (see yeastserday’s podcast.) So after today, I’ll see you all again Monday on the Ship Report.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070324.pdf

A look at ship traffic, and – hot weather is about to arrive

A look at ship traffic, and – hot weather is about to arrive

Today we’ll take a look at ship traffic on the river, and at the predictions for our upcoming holiday weekend heat wave.

I’ll be taking the long holiday weekend to regroup a little from the exhausing but wonderful process of finally launching my boat (see yeastserday’s podcast.) So after today, I’ll see you all again Monday on the Ship Report.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070324.pdf

Passage, afloat again at last

Jul 02, 2024

Many of you have asked me about my boat, Passage, a long term restoration project I started 16 years ago with my dad. Friday she was launched and is doing fine. Here’s a bit of her (and my) story.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070224.pdf

Photo: The newly restored Passage on her maiden voyage last Friday.

Passage, afloat again at last

Passage, afloat again at last

Many of you have asked me about my boat, Passage, a long term restoration project I started 16 years ago with my dad. Friday she was launched and is doing fine. Here’s a bit of her (and my) story.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070224.pdf

Photo: The newly restored Passage on her maiden voyage last Friday.

A look at one of Astoria’s old hometown ships: where is the USCGC Alert now?

Jul 01, 2024

Earlier this year, the USCGC Alert, a Coast Guard ship that had been in Astoria for decades, was reassigned and replaced by a brand new cutter, the USCGC David Duren, which is now in Astoria.

Today we take a look at where the Alert is now… she’s got a new home on the East Coast (a region she was first assigned to over 50 years ago as a new ship), working as an active duty cutter in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070124.pdf

A look at one of Astoria’s old hometown ships: where is the USCGC Alert now?

A look at one of Astoria’s old hometown ships: where is the USCGC Alert now?

Earlier this year, the USCGC Alert, a Coast Guard ship that had been in Astoria for decades, was reassigned and replaced by a brand new cutter, the USCGC David Duren, which is now in Astoria.

Today we take a look at where the Alert is now… she’s got a new home on the East Coast (a region she was first assigned to over 50 years ago as a new ship), working as an active duty cutter in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070124.pdf

Rogue waves

Jun 28, 2024

Today, a look back in the Ship Report archives at an interview about rogue waves with Capt. Deborah Dempsey and Terry Wilson – both dear friends of mine. This interview is especially poignant, since Terry is no longer with us. Today we’ll learn about rogue waves from two mariners who have each experienced them at sea.

Show transcript: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062824.pdf

Rogue waves

Rogue waves

Today, a look back in the Ship Report archives at an interview about rogue waves with Capt. Deborah Dempsey and Terry Wilson – both dear friends of mine. This interview is especially poignant, since Terry is no longer with us. Today we’ll learn about rogue waves from two mariners who have each experienced them at sea.

Show transcript: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062824.pdf

The sinking of the Meteor, Part 2 – a gem from the archives

Jun 27, 2024

Today we’ll hear part 2 of the true story of the sinking of the commercial fishing boat Meteor, on the Columbia River Bar in the 1970s, as told by former fisherman Michael McCusker.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062724

The sinking of the Meteor, Part 2 – a gem from the archives

The sinking of the Meteor, Part 2 – a gem from the archives

Today we’ll hear part 2 of the true story of the sinking of the commercial fishing boat Meteor, on the Columbia River Bar in the 1970s, as told by former fisherman Michael McCusker.

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062724